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Directed by | Carlos López Estrada |
Screenplay by | Dave Harris |
Story by | The Summertime Poets |
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Cinematography | John Schmidt |
Edited by | Jonathan Melin |
Music by | John W. Snyder |
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Distributed by | Good Deed Entertainment |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $20,200 |
Summertime (also known as the alternative Title is Summertime The Movie in other territories) is a 2021 American Coming-to-age Comedy Drama Film Directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada with the screenplay by Dave Harris. It stars Tyris Winter, Marquesha Babers, Maia Mayor, Austin Autoine and Bryce Banks with executive produced by Kelly Maria Tran. It was inspired by a spoken-word showcase with 25 diverse high school performers.
This film released in July 9, 2021 on theatrical release. This film received positive reviews from film critics but it gross $20,000 cause of the box office bomb.
Plot[]
Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other's stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
Release[]
This film released in July 9, 2021 on Theatrical Release by Good Deed Entertainment. Secretly this film has been confirmed of Sundance Movie Awards 2020. This film has been respond that streaming will be August 2021. But was moved to July 16, 2021 in streaming premium.
Home Media[]
This film available on DVD and BluRay will be September 2021 by Good Deed Entertainment and Universal Home Entertainment.
Reception[]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 75% based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Although its conceptual ambitions are muddled by its hopscotching sequences, Summertime's earnest heart beautifully captures what it means to live and breathe in the City of Angels." On Metacritic, has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Tim Grierson of Screen Daily noted that spoken word in film often comes off as pretentious, but the direction here was careful to weave between expectations, and said: "The result is a deeply touching tapestry that celebrates the diversity and cultural richness of LA, while at the same time exploring the hopes and fears of a generation heading into an uncertain adulthood." Peter Debruge of Variety called the film "inspirational" and wrote: "This fleet-footed, kaleidoscopic showcase is all about finding your voice so that the world can start to appreciate what it doesn't know about those it hears from far too seldom."